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Campus & Community

University Honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By Shannon Andre

On Monday, Oct. 9, Syracuse University will host a Universitywide celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  The University’s adoption of Indigenous Peoples’ Day began last year. The Indigenous Students at Syracuse recognized student organization, indigenous graduate students, the Native Student Program…

Health & Society

Humanitarian Computing

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

There are many places in the world that are too remote, too poor or too embroiled in conflict to provide basic human services—including healthcare. Instead of doctor’s offices or hospitals, medical services are often provided by traveling volunteers or even…

Arts & Culture

English Professor Wins National Literary Prize

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A faculty member of the College of Arts and Sciences has received one of the nation’s largest prizes for fiction writing. Dana Spiotta, an associate professor of English who teaches in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, is the winner…

Fortune Magazine

Facebook’s Fake News Problem Persists

Wednesday, October 4, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

In the wake of the massacre in Las Vegas, many are seeing fake news of the event being spread on Facebook and other social media sites. This is nothing new to the goliath company, having already been in hot water…

Media, Law & Policy

Fake news is entering a more ruthless and dangerous stage

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Joel Kaplan, the Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Studies and Professor at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, reacts to reports on the fake news proliferating after the deadly Las Vegas shooting. “For those who believe the notion of fake news is ending…

STEM

Syracuse University News Posts on Gravitational Waves Discovery

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe….

STEM

Acuna Launches Beta Version of Tool for Research and Funding Discovery

Monday, October 2, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Last fall, School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Daniel Acuna was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation titled “Improving grant reviewing and scientific innovation by linking funding and scholarly literature.” One of the goals of the two-year…

STEM

Invention Designed by SU Engineering Students Selected as a Finalist for the James Dyson Award

Monday, October 2, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Your favorite clothes may be polluting the world’s water supply. Synthetic clothing including polyester, acrylic and nylon fabrics release millions of microfibers every time they are washed. Even though they are too small to be seen by the naked eye,…

Media, Law & Policy

Rhetoric at the UN, Similar to The Apprentice?

Sunday, October 1, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, who is also teaching a class this semester on President Trump and popular culture, is available for comment on the recent speech by President Trump at the United Nations. “It…

Media, Law & Policy

How Fake News is Damaging Democracy

Friday, September 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

An assistant professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, Jeff Hemsley and his PhD students actively research the viral spread of fake news or other categorizations of viral information. In the wake of the mass shooting in…